The Daily Snoop

Michael has been in Milwaukee for the past few days helping take care of his Mom, who recently had a full hip replacement surgery. What a great son, eh?! He had a chance to spend quality time with Mom and Dad, Anthony and the boys and Grandma C. He cooked, cleaned and did laundry too. What a great guy!

Here’s a pic of us Skyping while he was away. Look at those big lips!

Here’s a pic of my Welcome Home surprise for Michael.
Martha Stewart’s Individual Rhubarb and Raspberry Tartlets

And here are some of Michael’s trip pics!
The one that gets me every time is the one of him holding Grandma C’s hand. It’s so precious.

Last month, we had some family in town. Such fortunate timing that the Boldin boys and my Mom were able to plan their trips to LA at the same time. They got to meet each other!!! Needless to say, we had a ton of fun. Just see for yourself!

I also put a ton of videos of our Family Fun Day at the Beach on my Youtube Channel! Check it out! ~ Rosa-Boldin-Garrett-Joe Family Fun Day

Um… yeah… we were helping… really…

Can you tell?

So when I have a bunch of errands to do, my anxiety gets a little out of control. I generally try to fit everything in during the work week. Michael doesn’t like to run errands, and I want to be with him as much as I can on the weekends.

However, this past week was a doozy. I couldn’t get much of anything accomplished.

What would normally take me 2-3 weeks of figuring and scheduling took me one Saturday. Michael was kind of enough to drive with me all over Los Angeles to help me get my needs met. (more…)

Dad,

Life has caught up to me again. I never thought it would happen again, but it did. I had another nervous breakdown yesterday. It happened on a Monday morning while I was at work. Just like last year. What tips me over the edge is a grueling work project that comes this time every year, which coincidentally comes right after Father’s Day every year. I took yesterday and today off work to have some alone time to recover. Recover from what though? How do I recover from this?
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• 5:45-6:05 ~ Hit snooze.
• 6:06-6:19 ~ Get ready to power walk/run Grand Ave., Downtown, Los Angeles.
• 6:20 ~ Let White out and leave.
• 6:22 ~ While crossing street, drop keys, and hold up four lanes of traffic.
• 6:23 ~ Realize that my iPod Touch is shuffling songs while I walk. I try to stop it.
• 6:23 ~ Realize I am at 20% battery and turn unit off. Realize that the music keeps going. Leave it.
• 6:24 ~ Realize that shuffling of songs has stopped. Realize I don’t know how to turn off my iPod Touch.
• 6:25 ~ Realize that I don’t know how to use my iPod Touch.
• 6:26-6:39 ~ Power walk to Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
• 6:40 ~ Feel very faint and sick. Realize I didn’t eat enough last night. Shouldn’t have done this while so hungry.
• 6:41-6:58 ~ Force my legs to move so I can get home. Try not to black out.
• 7:00 ~ At home – Reset Date/Time on my iPod Touch. I have no idea how it got offset.
• 7:01-7:25 ~ Eat banana, avocado, garlic herb pita chips, soy milk and jasmine green tea while watching clips of TODAY on the laptop. Fighting my feelings of nausea.
• 7:26-7:40 ~ Sea Salt Scrub my entire body in a nice hot shower.
• 7:41 ~ Tweet, “Just sea salt scrubbed my whole body! It felt wonderful! And now I am extremely soft!”
• 7:42-8:02 ~ Lotion, make-up and hair.
• 8:03-8:05 ~ Scrub some previously unnoticed mold off White’s water cup.
• 8:06-8:12 ~ Feed the birds.
• 8:13-8:25 ~ Get dressed.
• 8:26-8:30 ~ Pack up my lunch bag.
• 8:31-8:34 ~ Put White away and close down apartment so I can leave.
• 8:35 ~ Leave for work.

Funny thing happened while getting ready for work this morning. M lost his avocado. We spent 20 minutes looking for it. I was late to work.

What happened leading up to that point? (more…)

I’m a little behind. This event happened on Tax Day, April 15th. However, I would like to notate the fact that my PC got that nasty virus. (No…. what do you mean?…. I’m not bitter.) Having it be that the PC is still unusable, I cannot get to the photos I would like to post from this event. I do however have video! See below.

• Location: Palm Desert Civic Center Park
• Event: Tea Party Event hosted by Palm Desert Tea Party
• Attendees: 1,000+

Michael, our friend Kari and I all took the day off work. We road-tripped to Palm Desert, CA with bison jerky and all. We got there early and enjoyed the beautiful park. We even met a dude named WhiteDog. He was playing a metal instrument he made himself, all while promoting peace. (more…)

Food makes me happy. Not having food makes me grumpy.

This allergy test elimination phase is ridiculously hard. I just went through a strict Candida Diet for three months. I thought this allergy stuff would be easy compared to that. It’s easier in some ways, but way harder in other ways. For example, Michael and I went to our favorite Downtown Los Angeles spot, Bottega Louie, Saturday afternoon. I thought for sure that I would be able to find something I could eat there. Something. There was nothing. I could have ordered coffee, tea or water. Other than that, there was not a single thing I could eat there. I got really bitchy and almost started crying. I was devastated!

Michael and I had a talk about it. He reminded me that I am choosing to do this. I agreed, but it’s still hard, and I still like to bitch about it!

The other thing that is hard is my hypoglycemia. I have been having trouble finding things I can eat, so I am not eating enough. I have been experiencing the sweats, the blurring vision, anxiety, heart palpitations. I just need to buck up and plan out my meals better, and NOT go anywhere to eat to be taunted by such things as cheese, pizza, sushi, lasagna…

I CAN DO THIS.

M used a coupon today…. all on his own! He wanted $1.00 off Almond Milk so badly that he printed the coupon from Almond Breeze before we went to Whole Foods this morning! I am so proud of him.